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Elevator Traction System
From counterweight physics to safety gear and destination dispatch
Step 1 / 9The Shaft at Rest
A traction elevator has two main moving parts: the car (the cabin you ride in) and a counterweight on the other side of a rope loop over a grooved sheave wheel at the top. They balance each other so the motor only has to move the difference.
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